Flower Cupcakes

Well Spring in the UK has felt like summer. We have had brilliant weather so I have been out rather than in. This is a shot of the moors North of Manchester with 2 Spring flowers, the daisy and dandelion. They inspired me to decorate cupcakes.

I put a basic icing on the cupcakes with icing sugar and a drop of water and a drop of yellow colouring.. This was enough as I knew the surface would be covered.

I decided to make the daisy. I rolled out some ready made white icing into a rectangle.

I used a small sharp knife to cut triangular shaped petals. I arranged these around the cupcake on top of the icing to create a daisy.

I put on a second layer of triangular petals to make the flower head on the cupcakes,

I kept going with another layer of petals to get that overlap effect. I then used some writing icing in yellow to make the small dots for the centre.

It is photographed with the hat I have been wearing in the garden. A sun hat from Spain.

I decorated the second flower cupcake with a spiral of white icing and wiggly lines of yellow writing icing to create a pattern inspired by the yellow of the dandelion.

I have been thinking about future cupcake recipes and I am planning to make some on a retro theme of English cakes and recipes . I also like the idea of doing cupcakes on the theme of India and Bhutan as I spent 2 weeks in Bhutan at Christmas and I have not yet used those ideas yet for cupcakes. So it is off to do more investigating. I have posted some recent soup, salads and English casseroles on the other blogs if you fancy a look.

The cupcake store has so many ideas too.

Thanks for reading. Crazycupcakes